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Cut off from the main body, it may show a brief vitality, as the head of a tortoise still bites for some days after it is severed from the neck; but it can have no permanent existence.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Cut off from the main body, it may show a brief vitality, as the head of a tortoise still bites for some days after it…”
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Sumner uses a vivid analogy to illustrate the temporary nature of a political party cut off from its main support.
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